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The 1,000 days between pregnancy and a child’s 2nd birthday set the foundation for all the days that follow.
We lead the fight to make health and well-being during the first 1,000 days a policy and funding priority.
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June 27, 2023
Senate FY24 Agriculture Appropriations Bill Prioritizes Nutrition for Children and Families
1,000 Days commends the Senate Committee on Appropriations for prioritizing families in need both domestically and globally in their FY24 Agriculture Appropriations bill. In contrast to the House version, the Senate’s proposed bill-based funding on levels agreed to in the debt ceiling deal reached earlier this month is a superior starting point. Of note, the …
June 13, 2023
Bills We are Watching this Children’s Week
As we kick off the 2023 Children’s Week, we feel a mixture of excitement for the opportunities to improve children’s nutrition and concern about policy and funding proposals that undo progress to protect the health and wellbeing of children and their families in their 1,000-day window. The nutrition that people receive leading up to and …
June 13, 2023
Unpacking the Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates 2023 Edition
On May 18, 2023, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Bank Group released the Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates, which are published every other year. The new report examines progress to reach the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) global nutrition targets and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 2.2 to end all forms of …
May 24, 2023
Undernourished and Overlooked: A Global Nutrition Crisis in Adolescent Girls and Women
Photo credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment Published: March 2023 Publication: Undernourished and Overlooked: A Global Nutrition Crisis in Adolescent Girls and Women Authors: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Background: In the 12 hardest-hit countries, the number of pregnant and breastfeeding women and adolescent girls suffering from acute malnutrition has soared from 5.5 million to …




